<![CDATA[europe news from mongabay.com]]> http://www.mongabay.com en-us Copyright 2006 mongabay.com Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800 <![CDATA[China's log imports fall 19% in first half of 2008 due to high prices]]> International Tropical Timber Organization.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0827-itto.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0827-itto.html <![CDATA[Biofuels 200 times more expensive than forest conservation for global warming mitigation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0827-avoided_deforestation_uk.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0827-avoided_deforestation_uk.html <![CDATA[Baltic cod are shrinking due to overfishing]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0826-cod_hance.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0826-cod_hance.html <![CDATA[Google Earth reveals cattle have a built-in compass]]> Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The finding suggests that cows seem to have a built-in magnetic compass.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0825-cattle.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0825-cattle.html <![CDATA[Malaysian logging scandal may delay trade negotiations with the E.U.]]> Tribun Pontianak. An environmental group is using the scandal as the basis for a request for the E.U. to delay timber trade talks with Malaysia.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0825-sarawak.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0825-sarawak.html <![CDATA[French birds on the move due to climate change—just not fast enough]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0821-hance_birds.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0821-hance_birds.html <![CDATA[How sustainable is your canned tuna? It depends on the retailer]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0813-hance_tuna.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0813-hance_tuna.html <![CDATA[Greenpeace drops boulders on sea floor to disrupt bottom trawling]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0812-greenpeace.html Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0812-greenpeace.html <![CDATA[Beyond high food prices, little to show for $11B/yr in biofuel support, says OECD report]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0717-biofuels.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0717-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Marine no-take zones are succeeding beyond expectations]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0716-hance_fishing.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0716-hance_fishing.html <![CDATA[Some grasslands resilient against climate change, according to 13 year study]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0707-hance_grasslands.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0707-hance_grasslands.html <![CDATA[Britain urges 'cautious approach' on biofuels]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0707-biofuels.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0707-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Planet of the Apes Has Arrived, and It Is Spain]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0703-kozloff_spain.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0703-kozloff_spain.html <![CDATA[Brazil signs sustainable ethanol deal with Sweden]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0627-cane_ethanol.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0627-cane_ethanol.html <![CDATA[Global warming causes plants to move to higher elevations]]> Science.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0626-plants.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0626-plants.html <![CDATA[Britain, Norway commit $210 million towards Congo rainforest conservation]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0624-congo.html Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0624-congo.html <![CDATA[EU may mandate certification system for Amazon timber]]> O Estado de Sao Paulo and the International Tropical Timber Organization, the European Union is considering a green-labeling program for certifying the origin of timber imports. The label is said to target widespread illegal logging in the Amazon. Europe about 47 percent of timber produced in the Amazon region.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0618-eu.html Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0618-eu.html <![CDATA[China's CO2 emissions 14% higher than America's in 2007]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0614-co2_emissions.html Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0614-co2_emissions.html <![CDATA[Large shark populations fall 97% in the Mediterranean]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0612-sharks.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0612-sharks.html <![CDATA[Greenpeace ship attacked by Turkish tuna fishermen during protest]]> Arctic Sunrise while the ship was engaged in a protest against overfishing. The incident occurred Friday in the Cypriot Channel and was reported to the Turkish Iskenderun Gulf Port Authorities.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0530-greenpeace.html Fri, 30 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0530-greenpeace.html <![CDATA[Will consumers pay 10% premium for sustainable palm oil?]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0521-palm_oil.html Wed, 21 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0521-palm_oil.html <![CDATA[FSC has 'failed the world's forests' say critics]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0325-hance_fsc.html Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0325-hance_fsc.html <![CDATA[Eastern Europe could counter high food prices]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0310-cis.html Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0310-cis.html <![CDATA[Copper mine triggers controversy in Armenia]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0129-hance_armenia.html Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0129-hance_armenia.html <![CDATA[Sustainability mandated for biofuels used in the EU]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0124-eu.html Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0124-eu.html <![CDATA[E.U. may ban palm oil biodiesel]]> The New York Times. Environmentalists say some biofuels like palm oil are driving the destruction of biologically-rich rainforests and may produce more emissions than conventional fossil fuels.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0115-biofuels.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0115-biofuels.html <![CDATA[Norway puts $560m toward rainforest conservation]]> Aftenposten, a Norwegian newspaper.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1209-norway.html Sun, 09 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1209-norway.html <![CDATA[European Union forests expanding, absorbing carbon rapidly]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1129-europe.html Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1129-europe.html <![CDATA[UN says palm oil destroys forests, indigenous cultures in Indonesia, Malaysia]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1127-undp.html Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1127-undp.html <![CDATA[Dutch: no subsidies for biofuels-driven rainforest destruction]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1031-dutch.html Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1031-dutch.html <![CDATA[Climate change did not cause extinction of Neanderthals]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0912-neanderthals.html Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0912-neanderthals.html <![CDATA[Education key to financial support for biodiversity]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0906-conservation.html Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0906-conservation.html <![CDATA[$400/ton carbon tax needed to curb aviation emissions]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0904-aviation.html Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0904-aviation.html <![CDATA[European blood-sucker falls victim to global warming]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0826-leech.html Sun, 26 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0826-leech.html <![CDATA[Man eaten by bear at Serbian zoo]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0820-bear.html Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0820-bear.html <![CDATA[European heat waves double in length since 1880]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0811-europe.html Sat, 11 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0811-europe.html <![CDATA[Asians played larger role in colonization of Europe than Africans]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0806-humans.html Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0806-humans.html <![CDATA[McDonald's bolsters eco credentials with recycled biodiesel]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0709-green_mcdonalds.html Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0709-green_mcdonalds.html <![CDATA[Norway bans tropical timber]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0702-norway.html Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0702-norway.html <![CDATA[France to see scorching summers due to global warming]]> Geophysical Research Letters.]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0614-france.html Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0614-france.html <![CDATA[Logging roads rapidly expanding in Congo rainforest]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0607-congo.html Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0607-congo.html <![CDATA[Japan and Iceland defeated on pro-whaling initiative]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0607-whaling.html Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0607-whaling.html <![CDATA[U.S. refuses to talk global warming cuts at G8 summit]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0606-bush.html Wed, 06 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0606-bush.html <![CDATA[Vampire bats invade Finland thanks to global warming]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0604-vampire_moths.html Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0604-vampire_moths.html <![CDATA[U.S. responsible for 44% of global warming bill-Oxfam]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0529-gw.html Tue, 29 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0529-gw.html <![CDATA[EU will demand sustainable biofuel production]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0524-eu.html Thu, 24 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0524-eu.html <![CDATA[CO2 emissions growth surges as global energy efficiency falls]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0521-co2.html Mon, 21 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0521-co2.html <![CDATA[Carbon dioxide emissions lag 25% behind 2012 targets]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0508-world_bank.html Tue, 08 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0508-world_bank.html <![CDATA[Dutch plan restricts biofuels that damage environment]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0429-dutch.html Sun, 29 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0429-dutch.html <![CDATA[Dutch will demand rainforest-friendly palm oil]]> http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0427-nl.html Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0427-nl.html